Monday, July 27, 2009

Cutthroat Capitalism: The Game. Try your skills as a pirate commander staked with $50,000. Guide your pirate crew through raids in the Gulf of Aden, attack and capture a ship, and successfully negotiate a ransom. Choose your vessel and spot your prey, pirate! See what you can do.

[Wired Top Stories]
7:06:14 AM

Dye-sensitized Solar Cells To Power Air Force Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Dye-sensitized solar cells are expected to power Air Force unmanned aerial vehicles in the future because they are an optimum energy harvesting source that may lead to longer flight times without refueling. [ScienceDaily: Latest Science News]
7:03:43 AM

What Will Appleâo[dot accent]s Big Tablet Cost? (PC World). PC World - If Apple doesn't introduce a tablet computer soon, we'll all be sorely disappointed. With all the ongoing speculation about the alleged iPod-on-steroids, I feel like the device is already here. [Yahoo! News: Technology News]
6:17:18 AM

Scientists Worry Machines May Outsmart Man. Some computer scientists are beginning to talk, and worry, about what the future will look like.

[NYT > Home Page]
6:15:00 AM

USPS Suffers as More People Use New-Fangled Electronic Mail [Snail Mail] . The USPS is having a rough time lately, sending billions fewer pieces of mail each year and shutting down hundreds of thousands of mailboxes. They're in such dire financial straits they may need a... [Gizmodo]
6:12:21 AM